Bale-tie buckle.



E. A. FRANTZ.

' BALB TIE BUCKLE.

AIPLIOATION PILED MAR.10 1913.

' 1,O"/'0,"1'9.E' .4 Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLAN c.

UNITED STATES PATENT FTC.

EZRA A. FRANTZ, OF WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO FRANTZ STANDARD BUCKLE COMPANY, OF WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, A CORPORATION OF TEXAS.

:SALE-TIE BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

Application filed March 10, 1913. Serial No. 753,181.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA A. FRANTZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Weatherford, in the county of Parker and State of rlexas, have invented certain new and usefulv Improvements in Bale Tie Buckles, of which the following is a specication.

This invention is an improvement in bale tie buckles and has for an object to provide anovel construction of bale tie buckle formed of a length of wire and in which the buckle is closed by the strain or stress on the bale tie; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure l is a side View, and Fig. 2 a back view of a buckle embodying my invention with the yielding end bar in open position. Fig. 3 is a side view and Fig. 4 a back View of a buckle with the yielding end bar in closed position. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a buckle embodying my invention with the yielding end bar in open position. Fig. 6 is a detail cross section on about line 6 6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 shows a somewhat different construction from that shown in Fig. 5.

In practice, the buckle A is formed Jfrom a length of wire bent into approximately quadrangular shape forming the end bars A and A2 and the side bars A3 and A4. The end bar A2 is free at one end and is yieldable so that its free end may be drawn from the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5 to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the side bar AJX being longer than the side bar A3 and having at its free end an up-turned hook A5 in alinement with and in position to enter` the eye A12 when the yieldable end bar A2 is pulled down from the position shown in Figs. l and 2 to that shown in Figs. 3 and 4 by the stress on the bale tie. In this position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the hook entering the eye interlocks with the end bar A2 in securing a strong closure of the buckle. The eye A12 is bent from the bar A2 and is extended forming an arm A13 which is bent into engagement with the arm A2 to lock the said eye to the arm and prevent any spreading of the eye under tension. It will be noticed especially from Fig. 4, that the eye on the bar A2 is spaced from the hook A5 at such distance that when the eye is brought by strain upon the bale tie to the position shown in Fig. 4, to receive and interlock with the hook, the yielding bale engaging bar A2 will occupy a position oblique to the other bale tie engaging bar However the parts may be so arranged that the bar A2 will or will not occupy such oblique position as may be desired. n

As best shown in Figs. l, 3 and 5 the side bar A4 is bent at its middle away from the free end of the end bar A2 forming a space for the introduction of the loop at B on the end of the bale tie B such loop prior to the strain on the tie B being large as best shown in Fig. l of the drawing and requiring considerable space in fitting the same over the end bar A2. Then the arm A2 is pulled down to the position shown in Fig. 4, the notch in the outer face of the hook near t-he point thereof, will engage with the side bar of the eye A12 and lock the parts positively in position. WVhen the strain comes on the band, the upper and lower bars of the buckle will arch slightly from the strain, see Fig. 4, so that the edges of the band will be stretched, thus avoiding any slipping or creeping of the band. It will be understood that Figs. 2, 4 and 5 are from the inner side of the buckle. Instead of bending the arm A13 down as shown in Fig. 5 this arm may be extended laterally as shown in Fig. 7 to serve as a handle in manipulating the buckle as wellV as for preventing the buckle from pulling back through the channels of the press block in the use of the invention.

l. A bale buckle consisting of a piece of wire bent into approximately quadrangular shape forming two end bars and two side bars, both side bars being fixed with relation to one of the end bars and the other end bar having a free end and bent thereat forming an eye having a locking arm bent into engagement with said end bar to prevent spreading of said eye, and the side bar corresponding with the said free end having an upturned hook projecting toward said eye and in alinement therewith, the eye in the open position of the buckle being spaced from said hook to permit the application of a bale'band to said end bar, and the eye being arranged and adapted to be drawn into locking engagement with the said hook when the seid end bar is drawn by stress on the bolo buckle into position to close the buckle, substantially as set forth.

2. ik baile buckle having a side bar pro- 1vided with an upturned hook at its free end, Lund on end bar provided :it its free end with :in eye in alinenient with and spaced in the open position of the buckle away from said hook and adapted to be drawn into engageinent with the hook when the said end bar is adjusted into position to close the buckle, substmitiully as sot forth.

3. A buckle having e hook and a bar pro yidod with :in eye to receive seid hook, the seid eye having an erin interlocking with the bar whereby to prevent the Spreading of the eye, substantially as set forth.

4f. A bale buckle consisting` of a piece of Wire bent to approximately quadrangular shape :forming two bale tie engaging bars, one of which is yieldable, and two side bars one of which is of ofi-eater length than the other and terminates in on upturned hook, the yielding bale tie engaging bar boing projected at its free end across the hook and provided at said end with an eye norumlly spaced from the hook at suoli distance that when the eye is brought by strain upon the biile tie to position to receive und interlock with the hook the yielding;` hule engaging bur Will occupy a. position oblique toV the other bale tie engaging bnr.

'EZRA A. l? ANTZ. YVitnesses:

J. P. OWEN, J. C. ALsUr.

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